Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-29
Yesterdays Events In the Great Coal
Handlers Strike.

Yesterdays Events in the Great Coal
Handlers Strike.
New YORK, January 2Sth.-Business on
the river front this morning is almost COM
pletely paraly yZed, with the exception of a
small amount of freight being moved by
green hands on one or two piers Very
little work has been done on the docks OF
the principal steamship companies since
the strike of 'longshorernen commenced.
The strikers are confident they will sue
ceed and gain their demands The next
move will be to get the pilots on the ocean
steamship service to come out. The pilots
are organized and should an order go out
for them to quit work, the strikers hope to
stop all transatlantic steamers from sailing
in or out of port. This, the union men
claim, will compel the steamship compa-
nies to come to terms.
VESSELS DELAYED.
At the National Line dock this morning
sixty men who were picked up from vari-
Gus sources were laid off, as they were ia
competent. The Wyoming was being I'M
loaded by non-union men and the sailors
of the vessel. The latter were paid 80
cents per hour in addition to their pay as
seamen. The green hands were imme-
diatey taken in charge by members of the
'Longshoremen's Union, and were organ
lied and became part of the Striker S
Union. The Erin is not more than half
loaded She should have sailed yesterday.
By Monday the vessel may be ready for sea.
The Helyetia, of the same line, lies at the
other side of the dock with the bulk of her
cargo still aboard. Affairs were Just about
the same at the Guion Line docks. The
usual number of men employed there is
from $50 to 200.
THE COAL SUPPLY.
New YORK, January 2Sth.-The Secre-
tary of the Coal Exchange was interviewed
this morning by reporter on the coal
handlers strike, with special reference to
the supply of coal. He said: "The daily
domestic consumption of coal in this city
at the present season is about 10000 tons,
and the average per diem, taking the year
round is about II 400 tons. Coal is COM
time since the strike began. There is, of
course, an embargo on handling it in this
ing in little more freely to-day than at any
port"
"Do YOU think prices will advance
again ?'
Yes, because the supply is not adequate
to the demand. Some dealers have al
ready put up their figures, and if the strike
continues. and the companies do not get
more coal into this port, there will be a
coal famine
Other sources of information showed
that many manufactures have nearly used
up their supply of fuel, and unless they
are replenished within a few days there
will be stoppage of many large establish
ments. Some of the hotels are also short
of fuel, and retail dealers who have small
stocks limit the quantity to each customer,
in order to keep as many supplied as pos
sible. The cold snap of yesterday caused
an extra demand all around, and stocks in
the retail yards were greatly reduced.
FIFTY THOUSAND MEN TO GO OUT TO-DAY.
New York, January 27th.-Judging from
the indications tonight, $4,000 longshore-
men and coal handlers will be out on a
strike tomorrow. The freight handlers
who wrecked the cars at the railroad docks
sympathize with the strikers, and will
probably quit work tomorrow. AT to-
DAYS meeting the Ocean Association OF
'LongshoremeD, many non-union men and
many freight handlers were admitted to
membership. The hands employed at the
docks of the Stonington line, Hamburg
line, Peoples line and Pennsylvania road
will probably go out tomorrow.
The non-Union men employed on the
Ward line docks struck for Union rates.
The men employed in loading the San
Marcos also struck for 40 cents per hour for
day work and 60 cents for night work.
Their demands were granted temporarily.
1t is understood the men have joined the
Ocean Association and will probably strike
tomorrow. The employees, in bodies, of
three large companies have applied for ad-
mission to the Union. They number
nearly 1000 Delegates are actively en-
gagged in organizing every branch of labor
about the piers and docks of the three
cities. In Brooklyn an air of sympathy is
rife among the working classes, which bids
fair to include many branches of industry
other than those already affected.